Finitely generated virtually free group and its free subgroup

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Given a finitely generated virtually free group $G= \langle X \rangle$ and its free subgroup $U \subseteq G$, $U = \langle X^\prime \rangle$.

Two questions:

  1. Is $U$ finitely generated?
  2. Does $X^\prime \subseteq X$ hold? If not, is there an example where even $|X^\prime| > |X|$?